raffaele Mastrovincenzo

The small village of Volnay one of the most sorted Pinot Noir from the Cote de Beaune in between Mersault and Pommard mostly compared from the Chambolle Musigny of the nord of Burgundy for is finesse and elegance coming from similar soil of Chambolle, high active chalk content and low clay. 115 hectares of premier cru vineyard 35 in all with the best premier cru: Les Taillepieds Clos des Chenes Champans Cailleretes Santenots Mikulski is a polish guy with an attitude to do a great wine in the Cote de Beaune start in the early 1990  with this incredible non classic label in homemade writing, so cool. Mr. Mikulski is a non interventionist  guy, essentially organic a "lutte raisonee" he balance his work around the health of the soil and the biodiversity of the vineyard. His Santenots du Milieu from 2009 was rich and masculine lots of red fruit some mature and sour, dry branches autumn tree, mushroom character, forest floor, red apple skin and smoky meat aroma; with s

St Aubin is a burgandy lovers paradise, located between Chassagne and Puligny Montrachet. Only 500 acres which is almost white wine production with less than 25 percent of red wine made, which are not perfumed and complex when you compare with Volnay-Pommard area. The best sites in St Aubin are  En Remilly,  Chatenière,  Les Murgers des Dents de Chien.   Les Murgers is arguably the village’s best vineyard: very stony and chalky.  There is very little soil here, and the vines can suffer in difficult years; but when the grapes ripen fully, they give the most powerful and elegant wines of St Aubin.  En Remilly is slightly less stony and the wines can be a touch broader.  The same is with La Chatenière, a steep vineyard with a fine southerly exposure. One of the producers I really like in the area is Domaine Hubert Lamy, along with Marc  Colin which are perhaps the best producers in this  appellation.  For many years, the domaine production was sold to the negoce, but sinc